Microsoft explains the lack of Registry backups in Windows 10

Re:Microsoft explains the lack of Registry backups in Window... by StillBored on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @12:51AM (#20332218)

Well, i'm here to say that if you use a normal linux distro with KDE or Gnome your going to be in the multiple GB's of ram pretty quick. Sure you can have a stripped down linux distro with X/lxde or whatever in under 1GB, but you can also use windows IoT or Core for much the same effect.

The problem is that MS (and the mainstream linux DE's) aren't willing to admit that some of the "modernization" they have done over the last decade has done nothing but increase the visual lag while massively increasing the resource consumption for what is frequently little more than transparent windows (cause high DPI is still not quite there in both cases...).

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Re:Microsoft explains the lack of Registry backups in Window... by emilsedgh on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @03:02AM (#20332829)

That's not really true.

My KDE is running in < 600MB right now. It's Chrome, Spotify and Slack that are eating memory.

Also, at least in KDE you can set animation speed to instant and get immediate feedback.

It's super stable, usable and polished.

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